Smoke the tires with me today as we take on a trio of patronymic car creators and their pride & joy projects that failed spectacularly.
*Yes, I know "VIN number" is redundant. Naming episodes can be trickier than you'd think.
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Name, Rank, & VIN Number (ep. 160)

Host Moxie LaBouche brings you a weekly half-hour of things you didn't know, things you thought you knew, and things you never knew you never knew. Topics range from the history of nursing to the Balinese funeral rite David Bowie requested, from the origin of the Vulcan salute to the theft of Canada's strategic maple syrup reserve. This is your brain on facts. yourbrainonfacts.com

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Dumping out my purse (update on the podcast)

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Episode 200, part 2!

Episode 200!!!!

How hard was it to steal the Mona Lisa? What does the word "ponzi" actually mean?

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Music: Kevin MacLeod, 
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Big, Bold Burglaries (ep 199)

(Chronic health problems sometime require an encore performance of a past episode.)  
Hundreds dead, thousands homeless, entire communities wiped out, yet most of us have never heard of what happened in Rosewood 1923, Tulsa 1921, or Chicago 1919.
Music by Kevin MacLeod  
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Name, Rank, & VIN Number (ep. 160)

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